Simply Sinful Cinnamon Rolls

Name: Simply Sinful Cinnamon Rolls
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups milk; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 packages dry yeast; 1/2 cup water (110-115 degrees); 1 teaspoon sugar; 6 cups flour, half all-purpose and half bread flour; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup butter, room temperature; 2 teaspoons salt; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 1/4 cups brown sugar; 5 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 3/4 cup butter

Submitted by Dine Dish

"My good friend DeLynn took a Cinnamon Roll making class at the Culinary Institute 15 years ago and this is the recipe she's being using ever since. She brought these to a gathering this weekend and they were delicious! I can see why she's never strayed from this recipe...why change from the best!"

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Ready In:: 4hrs
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 12

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₄ cups milk
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
2 packages dry yeast
¹⁄₂ cup water (110-115 degrees)
1 teaspoon sugar
6 cups flour, half all-purpose and half bread flour
2 eggs
¹⁄₂ cup butter, room temperature
2 teaspoons salt
Filling
³⁄₄ cup sugar
1 ¹⁄₄ cups brown sugar
5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
³⁄₄ cup butter

directions

Soften yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water, with 1 teaspoon sugar added; Set aside for five minutes.
Put milk, sugar, salt, and about one cup flour in a large bowl,and beat well with a wooden spoon.
Then add eggs and yeast mixture and a couple cups of flour and beat again.
Add the soft butter and the rest of the flour,adding the rest of flour very slowly, until the dough is still too stiff to stir.
Knead the dough until it is smooth and satiny, adding only enough to keep if from sticking.
Add more of the flour, as needed.
Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease all sides.
Let rise in warm place until double, about an hour,covering bowl with a towel or plastic wrap; I use my oven with the light on and the oven itself turned on for 30 seconds; The optimum temperature is around 90 degrees.
Punch down, kneading for about 30 seconds to remove bubbles; Cover and let rise again.
Punch down dough again.
Cut with a knife into four parts, and shape into balls; Roll each ball into a 8 X 14 inch rectangle.
Spread the dough with about 3 tablespoons butter, leaving far edge unbuttered.
Spread with one fourth the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Roll up; roll tightly; Pinch edges; Cut into slices.
Place in greased pan and let rise until double in size, 45-60 minutes.
Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
Frost with a powdered sugar glaze or light amount of canned vanilla frosting.

Questions & Replies

This recipe looks so good I can't wait to try it. I have a couple of questions: What type and size pan do I cook them in? Can I make the dough and leave in the fridge overnight? If yes at what point? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks

sererb

Reviews

I can't believe I forgot to review this recipe! I have made this several times now. I always double the recipe when making for our boarding house boys (don't recall how many rolls I get, but I do cut them small) yet there's nothing left at the end of the evening! The dough is very easy to work with. I drizzle them with icing sugar/milk glaze soon as they are out of the oven. Everybody here loves these and I get regular requests to make them! Thank you so much, KC_Cooker, for sharing this absolutely wonderful recipe!

AaliyahsAaronsMum
Delicious! The first time I made a strawberry filled wreath (like a king cake) out of the dough, it took 35 minutes to bake. This time I used an orange cream cheese frosting on top = the most amazing orange rolls!!!

Random Rachel
AMAZING! These are beautiful, we all loved them. The ones that I didn't roll out and left the dough thicker turned out better I think. Thanks so much for posting.

kelly in TO
Oh my, oh my! I LOVE these cinnamon rolls. I followed the recipe exactly except I cut the dough into more pieces for smaller rolls. I topped the rolls with a powdered sugar glaze (powdered sugar & milk mixed to right consistency). Next time I will try to use a little less sugar mixture and butter for the filling process to try to reduce some of the fat and sugar.

aviva
You really don't need another 5-star review...but I have to write one anyway! These are SO good! I couldn't resist putting a thick maple glaze over them...and, I must say, they are THE BOMB!

SinginChef

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Tweaks

I had an easier time of the dough since I simply put everything into my breadmaker and had it knead up the dough for me. I substituted the filling with liberal sprinklings of cinnamon and chopped mixed fruits for half the batch and Hershey's mini chocolate chips for the other half. The family loved it! Thanks!

Vaane

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Dine Dish

Shawnee, 55

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